New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-11
GLAD TO TREAD THE SOLID EARTH.
THE sCHoLTEN SURVIVORS WELCOMED.
MONEY AND CLOTHES DISTRIBUTED BY THE COM
PANY-1ALEs OF THE RESCUED.

MONEY AND CLOTHES DISTRIBUTED BY THE COM
PANY-1ALES OF THE RESCUED
In the gray OF droary, drilling morning the
r. Caland up to her dock at Pier c, Jersey CITY
yesterday and landed her passengers. large crowd
awaited her arrival many o: them friends Of the thirty
survivors Of tho scholten who on board ana many
OF them merely attracted by curiosity.
Among the former gosl-looking. matronly
woman with two children one OF them baby She was
Mrs. Bromossky. OF Long Island City, wife OF C. Bro'
oosky, and the Netherlands and American Steamship
Company had sent her dispatch telling herwhen her
husband would arrive Long before the p Caland came
alongside the pier there a futterins Of handker-
chiefs her crowded decks, and a chorus OF
greetings that sounded like cheer was an
swered by the expectant crowd on the
pier. Mrs. Bromoosky held up the child in her
arms. and cried: There's your papa, baby There's
your papa A little man with q full beard. who was
standing amdships, called cut cneerily in reply The
bysanders who had friends board felt like giving
coed hurrah for the reunited family
Besides Mr.. Brsmoosky the other scholten cabin pas
sengcrs board the p. Caand were H. r Kenyon the
young artist from Centrevle. near Providence. l.,
and uncle boarded the p Caland with
tho doctor at Quarantine and came up
to the city with their relative. Mr.
Miles Is an Engishman who left Red Hill, Surrey, with
the intention OF settling down here
NAMES OF THE FORTUNATE SURVIVORS.
The twenty storage passengers were taken to
Castle Garden in the ordinary course. Tho following
list gives their names AVID their destinations:
r. X. wclker NewYork; IIerm Refer New York
Theodore Wilmer. Milwaukee Katheri.e Frohlich
pS %'o T'H Ans sa"? Maria Kous York
Magdalene zsnill. stevenspoint Wisconsin; Joseph
sm Mari. Ma.r buey 6R0 @
Long Branch, =. J. carl Teske, New, York Albert
Iewn:ohn. Fail River, Mass Sarah zack.r.
i scn%al Raccink N.w,York; Joseph subcnk New
Y-rk; Flu slrorsky. Eew-York; Kasner Iuschkali'.
Josef Maicr Wisconsin, and Marie Hobsbergcr Wiscsn-
The story OF Henry r Kenyon's experiences has
already been told in TIRE TRIBUNE. He left New-York
for his home by early afternoon train The story OF
one Is the story OF nearly all the unfortunate people
Mr. Bromoesky was in his bunk when the
scholten Into. He did not feel
the shock Of the collision bu aroused by the noise
which followed It, up deck and got life pre-
server, with which no managed to keep himself afoat
till he was like Mr.. Kenyon, picked up by the Ebro
CowARDLY CONDUCT OF SOME OF THE CREW.
Mr. Miles in his account OF the disaster mentions an
ugly feature nthc behavior Of the which I'M
his notice. Some Of them, he says. were orderly
enough but others completely lost their heads, apd
fociby snatched life pre- frsm women aud chill
drcn Mr.. Miles did not manage to get life belt Tor
himself but succeeded in keeping himself aloat by
swimming until hc was picked up
only ons OF the steerage passengers speaks English
That is George Moore, who came from Christ
Church, Hampshire, ERgani, 70 vlslU
his brother in Brooklyn. Mr. Moore
gave an intelligent account OF the accident TO re-
porter Like other narrators Of H. ho characterized the
confusion prevailing after the scholten was struck
IA almost indescrlbable. Said he Men, women and
children running heltor SHELTER about the decks as
II frightened to death"
Tue passengers agree that the disaster was an acct
dent that the Schocas officers could not possibly have
ayertcd. They have presented tho COM
pany with a testimonial embodyiDg this opinion,
and thanking thcm for their and attention They
ais. presented the officers OF the T. Cslsnd with writ
expression Of gratitude. At Castle Garden the steer
age passengers presented with $40 apiece by the
company. who hal also provided them with clothing.
W. H. Van Toorn the general agent OF the line, said
to a TRIBUNE reporter:
81 do not understand why the sailors should be
accused Of taking violent possession OF life belts Tor
there enough board the Scholen 10 nave pro-
vlded all the people board with Two apiece ana they
OF the best quality. The company does not rccos
nize that the passengers have any legal claim
on Them and their donation or money ara
oothipg entirely voluntary. understand that MI
claimed any damages. The passengers ought to nave
than proprietor OF house is responsible for tho
90 finn